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Secret Lover

Suffusion of sadness so tender,
What I yearn for lies inside.
In bed you await me,
Together we will hide

from those who think we have a choice 
Or that one day you'll be gone. 
Believe you to be transient
A bus I can hop off and on! 

I marvel at the swell of you
So familiar yet never the same
I know you'll never leave me
Nor your power ever wane. 

In bed I shiver with anticipation 
For you're my only truth 
All else is farce, and only in your arms 
Can I cry as I did in youth. 

Accepting life would mean losing you 
So that line will never be crossed. 
Pain, my faithful, constant lover, Pain:
 All that remains from what I've lost.

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Leon Gerrie

Date: 10/19/2021 5:38:00 PM

A very descriptive and sensual poem.Who is the secret liver I wonder.Real air of mystery.Sense if longing and lustful needs to be met.I will do everything I can to promote your poetry career.You a very beautiful genius.I have read every one of your poems. and they are very exquisite.You say a lot about your inner needs and desires.There is darkness,pain,desire,lust,wants and love.Kerp up the magnificent poems.I get this strong intuitive feeling you are going to be famous Well done Tansy.

Leon Gerrie

Date: 10/19/2021 5:36:00 PM

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 9/24/2020 4:18:00 PM

Hello Tansy Roekaerts, this poem is GREAT! I enjoyed the read. Suffusion of sadness so tender. What i yearn for lies inside. I like those lines. Enjoy your evening my friend.

Mahtab Bangalee

Date: 9/17/2020 3:25:00 AM

In bed I shiver with anticipation For you're my only truth ....nicely penned the secret love....enjoyable also....MB of BD

Tansy Roekaerts
Date: 9/20/2020 8:23:00 AM

thank you. whats mb of DB

John Castellenas

Date: 9/12/2020 2:25:00 AM

I liked the poem dear Tansy. The desire and emotion came alive in these words. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.

Tansy Roekaerts
Date: 9/20/2020 8:26:00 AM

thank you. wow. really means a lot

Silent One

Date: 9/7/2020 7:59:00 AM

Great first post on the soup...

Tansy Roekaerts
Date: 9/20/2020 8:24:00 AM

soup mail is convinced im trolling you so wont send LONDON, heritage half japanese. i really appreciate your support. more in a bit . Im a copy writer whose understanding of deadlines, appears to not be the norm. if every would realise that deadlines are an expression of wish, a hope, a desire like I understand them to be (and im not a f ING fairy so cant grant wishes so squash that c p), we would all be much happier. And this is what you call procrastination.